Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 1 Jul 16, 2009 4:41 pm hi guys, the brickwork on my new house is very inconsistent, with bricks too close together in some cases 1 mm ranging to 22 mm apart and some mortar beds are up to 20mm. the brikie has ground the face off bricks that are too close to make them appear to have correct separation. God knows what he will do (if anything) with a complete bed joint that is too thick and out of code...........I really wish I could post some pics................ edit I can now http://s677.photobucket.com/albums/vv132/zaphod373/
Re: builders * repair 2Jul 16, 2009 6:32 pm here;s some pics after repair. Pic 2 is by front entry http://s677.photobucket.com/albums/vv132/zaphod373/
Re: builders * repair 3Jul 16, 2009 11:40 pm zaphod hi guys, the brickwork on my new house is very inconsistent, with bricks too close together in some cases 1 mm ranging to 22 mm apart and some mortar beds are up to 20mm. the brikie has ground the face off bricks that are too close to make them appear to have correct separation. God knows what he will do (if anything) with a complete bed joint that is too thick and out of code...........I really wish I could post some pics................ edit I can now http://s677.photobucket.com/albums/vv13 ... CF3987.jpg wow... So what are you going to do about that?? id feel guttered if this were my house. There is really not much you can do about this, You could render this. Are you with a small building Co, or are you with one thats "well" known. But dont worry you will not have to fork any money out just as long as you have signed the HIA contract. This is why there is builders insurance. If you haven't signed the HIA contract you are screwed!! The thing that i have found is that builders with HIA are Much better then the so called "Master builders". Re: builders * repair 4Jul 17, 2009 5:16 pm I sympathise what you are going through. When Fairmont Homes in Adelaide built my home a few years back, the bricky had his missus on the mixer and consequently the mortar had hard lumps of unmixed sand, some that were the width of the joint. Builder said it was OK. We disagreed and called in a building inspector (at our cost) who said it wasnt up to standard and it was all pulled down and rebuilt, all 1.5metres all around the house. I suggest contacting the Supervisor or Builder and calling a halt to things while its sorted. Arfur Re: builders * repair 5Jul 17, 2009 7:17 pm RISBM zaphod hi guys, the brickwork on my new house is very inconsistent, with bricks too close together in some cases 1 mm ranging to 22 mm apart and some mortar beds are up to 20mm. the brikie has ground the face off bricks that are too close to make them appear to have correct separation. God knows what he will do (if anything) with a complete bed joint that is too thick and out of code...........I really wish I could post some pics................ edit I can now http://s677.photobucket.com/albums/vv13 ... CF3987.jpg /quote] wow... So what are you going to do about that?? id feel guttered if this were my house. There is really not much you can do about this, You could render this. Are you with a small building Co, or are you with one thats "well" known. But dont worry you will not have to fork any money out just as long as you have signed the HIA contract. This is why there is builders insurance. If you haven't signed the HIA contract you are screwed!! The thing that i have found is that builders with HIA are Much better then the so called "Master builders". Re: builders * repair 6Jul 17, 2009 7:32 pm zaphod hi guys, the brickwork on my new house is very inconsistent, with bricks too close together in some cases 1 mm ranging to 22 mm apart and some mortar beds are up to 20mm. the brikie has ground the face off bricks that are too close to make them appear to have correct separation. God knows what he will do (if anything) with a complete bed joint that is too thick and out of code...........I really wish I could post some pics................ edit I can now http://s677.photobucket.com/albums/vv132/zaphod373/ Re: builders * repair with pics 12Jul 17, 2009 11:00 pm Adrian B Have you spoken to your builder? yes we had a meeting on site. the ss agreed the job was below standard and that the brickie would fix what he could. But the ss has either told the brickie to grind the bricks or just left the repair for him to work out.We contacted the ss by phone days ago to voice our opinion of the repair and he ducked and weaved and was unhelpful. We have now written a letter to the construction manager to see if he'll take an interest. If not its consumer affairs and builders assoc. cheers Re: builders * repair with pics 13Jul 17, 2009 11:34 pm Oh Zaphod, that's terrible. That brickwork is terrible, they really didn't take much care, did they? Both links are the same so I can't see tell which pics are the ones unfixed or which ones are the fixed ones but either way the work is not up to standards for sure! Are you building with a big builder? I hope you can get this sorted somehow, but unless they pull the bricks down and start again I can't see how else it can get fixed... Building a Wisdom Prosperity 23 - http://erwisdomprosperity.blogspot.com/ Re: builders * repair with pics 14Jul 18, 2009 6:40 pm i like your bricks better than mine http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/yy74/xrayspice/bricks.jpg Re: builders * repair with pics 15Jul 18, 2009 6:51 pm I have finally worked out these photos here are more of my bricks http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/yy74/xrayspice/brikkkk.jpg http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/yy74/xrayspice/brikcs.jpg http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/yy74/xrayspice/brick4.jpg i would love a bricklayer to tell me if this is within industry standards??? Re: builders * repair with pics 17Jul 18, 2009 7:59 pm The trouble with the bricklaying trade, I have heard, is that the majority of bricklayers are not trade qualified. I'm happy to stand corrected on this. [rant] It seems like as long as you can hold a brick in one hand and a trowel in the other, you can build houses. It's the old fashioned skills shortage, where business owners feel no responsibility to train apprentices because they can't see the value in it; they treat it as a cost instead of an investment. The customer will always suffer because of this. [/rant] Geoff - Decophile. Re: builders * repair with pics 19Jul 18, 2009 8:26 pm Quote: You have 20 year old plants growing in front of you brickwork, and now you complain? is this to me brickie? These bricks were layed 3 weeks ago, the only photo with a tree in it is from from my neighbours property....my garage is on the boundary...why would it matter that there are 20 year old plants...now I am confused. Re: builders * repair with pics 20Jul 18, 2009 8:38 pm Those top pics show why stringlines and levels are so important. Obviously the tradey isnt going to be really forthcoming for repairs if thats the way his day to day work is done, you will have to keep on their back. 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